Where does “kilskrift” come from?

kilskrift (Swedish) comes from Swedish skrift, from Old Norse skript, from Middle Low German schrift, from Old Saxon skrift, from Proto-West Germanic skrifti, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō — to write.

kilskrift (Swedish): cuneiform writing

Definitions

  1. cuneiform writing

Ancestry of “kilskrift”, step by step

kilskrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrifta text, any written work, a book, a report, a...
2Old Norseskript—
3Middle Low Germanschrift—
4Old Saxonskrift—
5Proto-West Germanicskriftiwriting, scripture
6Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
7Latinscrībōto write
8Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Swedish kil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkilwedge; pile
2Proto-Germanickīnanąto split open, sprout, germinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-n-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →